A new spin on losses looming larger than gains: Asymmetric implicit associations from slot machine experience

Journal of Behavioral Decision Making

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 378-398

  Akalis, Scott A ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attitude formation; Gambling; IAT; Implicit associations; Loss aversion

Indexed keywords

EID: 55549098899     PISSN: 08943257     EISSN: 10990771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bdm.594     Document Type: Article

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